email
noun
a system for sending messages to one or more recipients via telecommunications links between computers using dedicated software or a web-based service.
emailing
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present participleof email.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“I’ve got kids in Seattle, in Nashville, in Dallas that are emailing me and going, please bring it here,” she explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
I thought of one 64-year-old woman named Johna, with whom I had been emailing.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
"Because we had to keep emailing after that, it really piqued our interest."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
You can also reach us by replying to any newsletter, or by emailing our editors Perry Cleveland-Peck at [email protected] and David Smagalla at [email protected].
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
They had been emailing every day but she hadn’t seen him in months.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
